WEST ORANGE, NJ — For more than 15 years, the West Orange African Heritage Organization has hosted the Men Who Cook scholarship fundraiser for amateur to professional chefs and everyone in between. The fun will take place on Sunday, June 12, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the West Orange High School cafeteria, 51 Conforti […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After two years of pandemic-related delays, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is back to hosting fundraising walks in person and returned to the Clipper Pavilion in West Orange on April 24 for one such walk. Raising money for the national nonprofit that provides resources for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Volunteers with I Want to Mow Your Lawn converged on West Orange on Saturday, April 23. The nonprofit organization based in northern New Jersey was founded two years ago by Brian Schwartz during the pandemic to help older adults, veterans and people with disabilities with lawn care. The organization partnered with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A historical print was gifted to the township of West Orange at the annual business meeting of the 102nd Cavalry of the Essex Troop on April 23. The ceremony took place at the West Orange Armory on Pleasant Valley Way, which has been home to the Essex Troop in West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Ascendia Bank, formerly Glen Rock Saving Bank, will celebrate its new name and refreshed identity with a grand opening celebration on Saturday, May 14, from 9 a.m. to noon at all four branch locations: 175 Rock Road, Glen Rock; 250 Lincoln Ave., Hawthorne; 474 Prospect Ave., West Orange; and 83 Northfield […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council will present an eclectic art viewing experience for artists and art lovers in a range of media with a pop-up art gallery show from May 7 to 21 at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road, West Orange. This exhibit features West Orange Arts Council […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — South Orange, Maplewood, Orange and West Orange residents are rallying around Anthony Brooks and his family in an effort to find him a kidney donor. Brooks lost one of his kidneys to cancer in 2017, and now the disease has spread to his remaining kidney. Now looking for a living kidney […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School Class of 2019 graduate Sessina Dani, who is a current senior at Princeton University, is completing a semester-long research project in Kenya. Dani and her classmates have had some incredible experiences, beginning their trip at the Mpala Research Centre on the Laikipia Plateau. In the first six […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students at Liberty and Roosevelt Middle Schools recognized Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 6 with a visit from Liza Wiemer, author of “The Assignment,” which is based on a true story. Wiemer’s website describes the book: “Senior Year. When an assignment given by a favorite teacher instructs a group of students […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., the Essex County Board of County Commissioners, the Essex County Division of Community Health and Family Connections’ ADAPT Coalition are encouraging residents to dispose of their old or unwanted prescription medications during the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day […]